Teachings/Videos

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FIND VIDEOS FROM DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVES:

Nyingma

Sakya

Gelukpa

Jonang

Bonpo

Kagyu

Zen

Other Chinese sources

Video

Dharma Audience

• Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche - 2014 Teachings on Buddha Nature: The Uttaratantra Shastra
• Meridian Trust Collection
• [Bardor Tulku Rinpoche - Lovingkindness and BuddhaNature]

Teaching Series

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Buddha Nature: Chapter 14 of Buddhism: One Teacher, Many Traditions: Talk by Thupten Chodron

• [Part 1 of 2]
• [Part 2 of 2]

Buddha Nature: Ringu Tulku at Karma Sonam Dargye Ling Temple

• [Part 1 of 3]
• [Part 2 of 3]
• [Part 3 of 3]

Uttaratantra: Kirti Tsenshab Rinpoche at Land of Medicine Buddha

• [Buddha Potential 1 Part 1 of 9]
• [Buddha Potential 1 Part 2 of 9]
• [Buddha Potential 1 Part 3 of 9]
• [Buddha Potential 1 Part 4 of 9]
• [Buddha Potential 1 Part 5 of 9]
• [Buddha Potential 1 Part 6 of 9]
• [Buddha Potential 1 Part 7 of 9]
• [Buddha Potential 1 Part 8 of 9 (with Venerable George Churinoff)]
• [Buddha Potential 1 Part 9 of 9 (with Venerable George Churinoff)]

• [Buddha Potential 2 Part 1 of 7]
• [Buddha Potential 2 Part 2 of 7]
• [Buddha Potential 2 Part 3 of 7]
• [Buddha Potential 2 Part 4 of 7]
• [Buddha Potential 2 Part 5 of 7]
• [Buddha Potential 2 Part 6 of 7 (with Venerable George Churinoff)]
• [Buddha Potential 2 Part 7 of 7 (with Venerable George Churinoff)]

Uttaratantra: Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche at Rangjung Yeshe Gomde California

• [Only a trailer, only the 2014 session (started in 2010; finished in 2017)]

Discourse on Uttaratantra: H.H.14th Dalai Lama in Holland (Study Buddhism Archive)

• [Discourse on Uttaratantra 1]
• [Discourse on Uttaratantra 2]
• [Discourse on Uttaratantra 3]
• [Discourse on Uttaratantra 4]

Uttaratantra Shastra Commentary teachings by Khenpo Tsultrim Tenzin at Drikung Tibetan Meditation Center, Frederick, MD

• [Uttaratantra Shastra Commentary 1]
• [October 11, 2015]
• Part 3 is lost
• [November 8, 2015 Part 4]
• [November 15, 2015 ?]
• [November 15, 2015 ??]
• [November 22, 2015]
• [December 13, 2015]
• [March 13, 2016]
• [March 27, 2016]
• [April 10, 2016]
• [April 17, 2016]
• [April 24, 2016]
• [May 8, 2016]
• [May 22, 2016]
• [October 16, 2016]
• [October 30, 2016]
• [November 13, 2016]
• [December 11, 2016]
• [December 18, 2016]

Uttaratantra Teachings by Gyumed Khensur Lobsang Jampa Rinpoche by Do Ngak Kunphen Ling of Redding, CT and the Mahayana Sutra and Tantra Center of NJ

• [Part 1 of 16]
• [Part 2 of 16]
• [Part 3 of 16]
• [Part 4 of 16]
• [Part 5 of 16]
• [Part 6 of 16]
• [Part 7 of 16]
• [Part 8 of 16]
• [Part 9 of 16]
• [Part 10 of 16]
• [Part 11 of 16]
• [Part 12 of 16]
• [Part 13 of 16]
• [Part 14 of 16]
• [Part 15 of 16]
• [Part 16 of 16]

Audio

• [Kai Ji Jeffrey Schneider on Inherent Buddha-Nature]
• [Kiku Christina Lehnherr on The Body: The Tool of Buddha-Nature]

Nyingma - The Nyingma, which is often described as the oldest tradition of Tibetan Buddhism, traces its origin to Padmasambhava, who is said to have visited Tibet in the eighth century. Tib. རྙིང་མ་

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Sakya - The Sakya tradition developed in the eleventh century in the Khön family of Tsang, which maintained an imperial-era lineage of Vajrakīla and which adopted a new teaching from India known as Lamdre. Tib. ས་སྐྱ་

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Geluk - The Geluk tradition traces its origin to Tsongkhapa, who propagated a modified version of the Kadampa lojong and lamrim teachings. It is the dominant tradition of Tibet, having established its control of the government under the figure of the Dalai Lama. Tib. དགེ་ལུགས་

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Jonang - The Jonang tradition was established by Dölpopa Sherab Gyaltsen, a thirteenth-century Sakya monk famous for his Zhentong teachings. The Jonang teachings and monasteries were suppressed in Tibet in the seventeenth century but survived in Amdo. Tib. ཇོ་ནང་

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Kagyu - The Kagyu school traces its origin to the eleventh-century translator Marpa, who studied in India with Nāropa. Marpa's student Milarepa trained Gampopa, who founded the first monastery of the Kagyu order. As many as twelve subtraditions grew out from there, the best known being the Karma Kagyu, the Drikung, and the Drukpa. Tib. བཀའ་བརྒྱུད་

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These are the root verses of the Uttaratantra attributed to Maitreya by the Tibetan tradition.

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Uttaratantra - The Ultimate Continuum, or Gyü Lama, is often used as a short title in the Tibetan tradition for the key source text of buddha-nature teachings called the Ratnagotravibhāga of Maitreya/Asaṅga, also known as the Mahāyānottaratantraśāstra. Skt. उत्तरतन्त्र Tib. རྒྱུད་བླ་མ་ Ch. 寶性論

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tantra - Tantra, when juxtaposed with Sūtra, generally refers to the scriptures and texts which discuss esoteric topics. While the term is used to refer to texts on other topics, it is mostly used to refer to the genre of scriptures and texts on themes and topics associated with Vajrayāna Buddhism. Skt. तन्त्र Tib. རྒྱུད། Ch. 密宗

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